With two weeks to go until the start of the new Premier League season, people are beginning to form solid predictions about how the season will pan out.
Some fans have reasons to be cheerful, while some might be feeling a little despondent about their chances of either glory, or survival.
No matter what is going on during pre-season, or in the transfer market, supporters at every club have should have at least something to be enthusiastic about.
Click the right arrow above to see what your club has to be optimistic about…
Football fans are known to be some of the most diehard people out there, with some supporters following their team all over the country for the entire season.
In the course of watching 19 away matches throughout England and Wales, fans are sure to get some serious miles under their belts.
So, for the 2017/18 Premier League campaign, which fans must travel the most to watch every away game their team plays?
Away Day Planner have created a calculator that allows fans of every Premier League club to see just how long the journey will be to play each opponent, and how much it will cost in fuel, based on distance from travelling team’s home stadium.
Using their data, we reveal how far a fan would travel if they watched all 19 away games this coming season, ranked from least to most miles travelled.
You can see the results by clicking the right arrow, above…
Southampton hope to reintegrate Virgil van Dijk into first-team training next week, with new manager Mauricio Pellegrino preparing to again tell his captain that he will not be sold this summer.
Van Dijk has been left to train back at the club’s New Forest base while the rest of the squad continue their preparation in France after he was judged not to be in the right of frame of mind but it is understood that the 26-year-old has worked diligently this week on his fitness.
Southampton’s new board of directors remain adamant that this will be the first summer since the departure of former chairman Nicola Cortese in 2014 in which they will not make major sales. That stance extends to Ryan Bertrand – who has been of interest to Manchester City – as well as Van Dijk.
The Van Dijk situation blew up early in the transfer window when a series of stories emerged in which it was reported that Van Dijk wanted to join Liverpool due to their manager Jurgen Klopp. That led to a complaint by Southampton over suspicions of direct contact between Van Dijk and Klopp – which would be against Premier League rules – and then an apology from Liverpool and promise that they would not pursue the transfer.
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Liverpool remain interested in snapping up the central defender, despite being forced to issue a public apology to the Saints after they were reported to the Premier League for a string of approaches.
According to Yahoo Sport, talks are set to take place between Van Dijk and Southampton boss Mauricio Pellegrino in the coming days.
Pellegrino hopes to bring the £70m-rated star back into his first team.
Van Dijk was left out of the squad for a pre-season training camp in France after expressing his desire to leave St Mary’s.
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